HP 6p, 6MP manual Common PCL Printer Commands, Setup Strings

Common Symbol Set Codes

Code	Symbol Set	Code	Symbol Set
8U	HP Roman-8 Symbol Set	19U	Windows 3.1 Latin 1
10U	IBM Layout (PC-8) (code page 437) Default	9E	Windows 3.1 Latin 2 (commonly used in Eastern
	Symbol Set		Europe)
12U	IBM Layout for Europe (PC-850) (code page 850)	5T	Windows 3.1 Latin 5 (commonly used in Turkey)
8M	Math-8	579L	Wingdings Font

Point size (or pitch) is another variable. In the following example, “12U” has been filled in for the PC-850 symbol set and “12v” for the point size. This printer command would select a 12 point Univers Medium font.

?(12U?(s1p12v0s0b4148T

Setup Strings

Some software applications, like older versions of Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS, require setup strings with PCL printer commands. In the following example, the Lotus escape character (\027) is shown. This setup string would be used to change the orientation to landscape, select the PC-8 symbol set with line draw characters, select the small Line Printer font and change the line spacing to 8.8 lines-per-inch.

\027&l1O\027(10U\027(s0p16.67h8.5v0s0b0T\027&l8.8D

Common PCL Printer Commands

Function	Command	Options (#)
	Job Control Commands
Reset	?E	n/a
Number of Copies	?&l#X	1 to 999
2 sided/1 sided printing	?&l#S	0	= Simplex (1 sided) printing
		1	= Duplex (2 sided) with long edge binding
		2	= Duplex (2 sided) with short edge binding
	Page Control Commands
Page Length and Size
Paper Source	?&l#H	0	= prints or ejects current page
		1 = Tray 2
		2	= manual feed, paper
		3	= manual feed, envelope
		4 = Tray 1

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